Archive for January, 2012

Mind Over Matter by S.J. Clarke is about a divorced woman whose daughter, Sabrina, was kidnapped 3 years earlier. Rebecca McKenney has a vision of Sabrina now, appropriately older. She is convinced that her daughter is in fact very much alive and goes to see the FBI agent in charge of the case years earlier.

Dan Cooper is the former FBI agent who was the lead on Sabrina’s kidnapping case and because of a possible mistake he made 3 years earlier he agrees to help Rebecca pursue looking for her daughter now. He doesn’t believe in Rebecca having any sort of psychic vision. As Dan and Rebecca begin to dig through all the old leads they start to find a very sinister conspiracy that goes back decades.Click to Continue Reading

The Curse of Gremdon by Ciara Knight is an adult fiction novel about warriors Arianna and Tardon that takes place in a world where marriage is forbidden. As an elite male warrior, Tardon is basically given anything and everything he wants by the omnipotent Elders. The entire kingdom is forced by the Elders to live within the palace walls because of a curse that turns people into horrible monsters.

The extremely controlling Elders do not allow anyone to threaten their regime and vilify anyone who does dare to pose even a hint of a problem. When the Elders run out of a magical elixir, Arianna and Tardon are charged with venturing to the Tree of Life and risking the very real possibility of contracting the curse.Click to Continue Reading

I am sorry I haven’t posted a lot lately. On the one hand, I am becoming stronger and stronger physically with the help of my awesome physical therapists. On the other hand, I haven’t been feeling well at all as my GI system and migraines have been acting up a LOT lately. I have digestive problems including IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) that affects my large intestine, chronic nausea (I love crystallized ginger), and GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease).Click to Continue Reading

In addition to my review on Six Weeks to Yehidah and giveway, I also have been cordially been granted an interview with its author Melissa Studdard. I normally like to have a couple weeks to read the book and write interview questions before actually conducting the interview, but because I decided to help Tourz de Codex out, I am doing all of this on very short notice. Those who read my blog regularly I’m sure have noticed that I haven’t been posting as often as I was last month because I haven’t been feeling well (more about that lately). But I made a commitment and wanted to make sure I still did my best, so without further ado I’d like to welcome Ms. Melissa Studdard who has stopped by to discusses her middle grade children’s novel Six Weeks to YehiClick to Continue Reading

Six Weeks to Yehidah by Melissa Studdard is a middle grade book essentially about theology and the meaning of life. The protagonist is ten year old Annalise who wanders away in the rain even though her mother said to stay near the house and goes on an incredible adventure with her two sheep Mabel and Mimi. On her adventure of self discovery Annalise learns so very much about herself, her purpose, and about the wonders of life.